Kimchi and CalamariWritten by Rose KentWhen his eighth-grade class is assigned to write about their ancestors' journey to America, Joseph Calderaro has a problem. Joseph was adopted from Korea and his parents are raising him in their Italian-American tradition. Though his favorite foods are calamari and eggplant parmesan, Joseph begins to wonder about his Korean heritage. His parents have no information to share and, frustrated, Joseph makes something up, passing off a famous Korean athlete as his grandfather. After his essay is chosen for submission to a national contest, Joseph must come clean.[Grade Level: 4 - 7]

KinaaldaWritten and Illustrated by Monty RoesselA Navajo girl takes part in the coming-of-age ceremony, the Kinaalda.[Grade Level: 4 - 6]

King and King and Family Stern Nijland (Author), Linda de Haan (Author)
by Linda de Haan, Stern Nijland
In this sequel to King & Kingâ€”in which lonely Prince Bertie rejects five fairy-tale princesses and marries a handsome princeâ€”newlywed Kings Bertie and Lee go on a tropical honeymoon. Enamored by the animal families they see in the jungle, they wish for a little one of their own. Before long, they have a strange feeling that something is following them and, upon returning home, they discover a stowaway in their suitcaseâ€”a young girl from the jungle, whom they joyfully adopt.[Grade Level: K - 3]

Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass: Igniting the Nazi War Against JewsWritten by Stephanie FitzgeraldFor one horrific night in November 1938, the streets of Germany and Austria were overrun with people bent on destruction. Members of the Nazi Party and their supporters destroyed close to 8,000 Jewish-owned businesses and homes. Hundreds of synagogues were burned to the ground, and more than 100 Jews were killed. This book describes the "night of broken glass" and also presents the historical events that led to the rise of Hitler, the Nazi Party's beliefs about race, and the horrible aftereffects of Kristallnacht.[Grade Level: 5 & Up]